[pbs] Crocus kotschyanus
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totototo at telus.net
Sat Oct 21 16:14:58 EDT 2006
On 21 Oct 06, at 9:04, John Grimshaw wrote:
> ...Crocus kotschyanus... this is the 'poor relation' of the
> commoner autumn crocuses, lacking the specatacular colour and size
> of the speciosus clan...
I have an excellent form of C. k here, salvaged (believe it or not)
from a feral patch by a bus stop in front of an undeveloped rocky
outcrop. In this form, the flowers are as big as those of C.
speciosus. Don't believe the pundits who claim C.k. is a small-
flowered species. 'Tain't.
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island
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